Managed relational databases for small business buyers
Asked as “managed relational database service”, and as “hosted SQL database”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 54 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
24%
Contested · DigitalOcean Managed Databases 17%
24Amazon RDS17DigitalOcean Managed Databases15Neon44others
24% of first choices, contested.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the one product at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Google Cloud SQL is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other eleven models six times of 44. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
Head to head
Amazon RDS vs Google Cloud SQLAmazon RDS vs Amazon AuroraAmazon RDS vs DigitalOcean Managed Databases
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Amazon RDS vs NeonAmazon RDS vs Azure SQL DatabaseAmazon RDS vs SupabaseAmazon RDS vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQLGoogle Cloud SQL vs Amazon AuroraGoogle Cloud SQL vs DigitalOcean Managed DatabasesGoogle Cloud SQL vs NeonGoogle Cloud SQL vs Azure SQL DatabaseGoogle Cloud SQL vs SupabaseGoogle Cloud SQL vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQLAmazon Aurora vs DigitalOcean Managed DatabasesAmazon Aurora vs NeonAmazon Aurora vs Azure SQL DatabaseAmazon Aurora vs SupabaseAmazon Aurora vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQLDigitalOcean Managed Databases vs NeonDigitalOcean Managed Databases vs Azure SQL DatabaseDigitalOcean Managed Databases vs SupabaseDigitalOcean Managed Databases vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQLNeon vs Azure SQL DatabaseNeon vs SupabaseNeon vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQLAzure SQL Database vs SupabaseAzure SQL Database vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQLSupabase vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Amazon RDS24%
Amazon RDS24%02DigitalOcean Managed Databases17%
DigitalOcean Managed Databases17%03Neon15%
Neon15%04Supabase11%
Supabase11%05Google Cloud SQL11%
Google Cloud SQL11%06Azure SQL Database6%
Azure SQL Database6%07MySQL4%
MySQL4%08Amazon Aurora4%
Amazon Aurora4%09PlanetScale0%
PlanetScale0%What they warned about
One of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Amazon RDS24%
15 of 62 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Why we do NOT recommend AWS RDS or Google Cloud SQL on a tight budget” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
Google Cloud SQL19%
10 of 53 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Why we do NOT recommend AWS RDS or Google Cloud SQL on a tight budget” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
Amazon Aurora39%
7 of 18 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“The services to genuinely *avoid* right now are the ones that combine premium pricing with heavy lock-in (Aurora, proprietary engines)” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
PlanetScale24%
8 of 34 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“PlanetScale is MySQL-only, and its pricing is roughly 2x serverless Postgres rivals). Avoid unless you have an explicit, near-term scale requirement.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
What they cite
Twelve of the twelve models returned a source list in this edition: four return the pages they cited and eight the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
63 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 966 links across 258 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · G237 answers · 65 citations · 10 models
33 answers · 40 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Estuary28 answers · 28 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Northflank25 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
vendor site · DigitalOcean18 answers · 39 citations · 9 models
18 answers · 20 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Amazon16 answers · 33 citations · 8 models
16 answers · 23 citations · 8 models
15 answers · 15 citations · 5 models
vendor site · ZipDo.co14 answers · 19 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Google11 answers · 15 citations · 7 models
11 answers · 13 citations · 7 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
31 answers · 9 models
28 answers · 11 models
22 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 6 models
15 answers · 5 models
13 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 8 models
10 answers · 5 models
10 answers · 8 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best managed relational database service”, “managed relational database service”, “managed relational database services”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days |
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| Amazon aws.amazon.com Amazon RDS 24%, Amazon Aurora 4%, AWS 0%, Amazon DynamoDB 0% | 28% | 164 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | |
| DigitalOcean parent site DigitalOcean Managed Databases 17% | 17% | 42 | 74,000 | 942 | |||
| Neon neon.com | 15% | 47 | 135,000 | 66,147 | 73,379 | 1 | |
| Supabase supabase.com | 11% | 68 | 165,000 | 1,974 | 91,424 | 4 | |
| Google Cloud cloud.google.com Google Cloud SQL 11% | 11% | 157 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 7,405,347 | ||
| Azure parent site Azure SQL Database 6%, Azure Database for PostgreSQL 0%, Azure Database for PostgreSQL/MySQL 0% | 6% | 136 | 301,000 | 47,904 | |||
| MySQL mysql.com | 4% | 24 | 74,000 | 17,611 | 257,846 | ||
| Linode linode.com Linode Managed Databases 4% | 4% | 7 | 20 | 0 | 15,263 company | 76 | |
| Vultr vultr.com Vultr Managed Databases 2% | 2% | 9 | 22,200 | 302 | 81,453 company | 95 | |
| PostgreSQL postgresql.org | 2% | 77 | 74,000 | 14,143 | 465,585 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 17 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (g2.com, reddit.com). The first result for “best managed relational database service” is trustradius.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best managed relational database service for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which hosted SQL database would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top managed relational database services for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best managed relational database service for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a managed relational database service. What should we look at?”Negative“Which managed relational database services should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Google Cloud SQLagainst: Amazon AuroraAmazon RDSChangedSupabaseMySQL, PostgreSQLno first choiceagainst: Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL
Two alternatives
Amazon RDS, SupabaseTwo alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLTwo alternatives
Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQLTwo alternatives
Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQLGPT-5.4 miniAmazon RDSAmazon RDSHeldAmazon RDSAmazon RDS, Google Cloud SQLno first choiceagainst: Amazon Aurora, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle-managed offerings
Two alternatives
Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Google Cloud SQLThree alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQLThree alternatives
Azure Database for PostgreSQL, DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Google Cloud SQLGemini 3.5 FlashNeonSupabaseChangedNeon, Supabaseagainst: Amazon Aurora Serverless, Amazon RDSDigitalOcean Managed Databases, Neon, Supabaseagainst: Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQLNeon, Supabaseagainst: Amazon RDSagainst: Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, CockroachDB, Google Cloud Spanner, Oracle RDS / Oracle Autonomous Database, PlanetScale
Four alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, PlanetScale, SupabaseThree alternatives
Amazon RDS, DigitalOcean Managed Databases, NeonTwo alternatives
DigitalOcean Managed Databases, PlanetScaleTwo alternatives
PlanetScale, Render PostgresTwo alternatives
Amazon Aurora, PlanetScalePerplexity SonarAmazon RDSAzure SQL DatabaseChangedAmazon RDSAmazon RDS, Google Cloud SQLno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Google Cloud SQLOne alternative
PostgreSQLFour alternatives
Azure SQL Database, CockroachDB, Google Cloud SQL, SupabaseOne alternative
MySQLGrok 4.20Amazon RDSDigitalOcean Managed DatabasesChangedNeon, Supabaseagainst: PlanetScaleNeonagainst: Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, PlanetScale, Render Postgresno first choiceagainst: Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL
Five alternatives
Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Neon, SupabaseFour alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Google Cloud SQL, SupabaseThree alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, DigitalOcean Managed DatabasesOne alternative
SupabaseSix alternatives
Amazon RDS, CockroachDB, Google Cloud SQL, Neon, PlanetScale, SupabaseMistral SmallAmazon RDS, Google Cloud SQLAmazon RDS, Azure SQL DatabaseChangedNeon, PlanetScaleDigitalOcean Managed Databases, Linode Managed Databases, MySQL, Neonno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Azure SQL DatabaseTwo alternatives
Google Cloud SQL, NeonThree alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLFour alternatives
Google Cloud SQL, PlanetScale, PostgreSQL, Vultr Managed DatabasesDeepSeek V4 FlashAmazon RDSDigitalOcean Managed Databases, Google Cloud SQLChangedagainst: Amazon RDSNeon, Supabaseagainst: PlanetScaleDigitalOcean Managed Databases, Linode Managed Databases, Vultr Managed Databasesagainst: Amazon RDSno first choiceagainst: AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, CockroachDB, Google Cloud SQL, Neon, Oracle Autonomous Database, PlanetScale, Scylla, Supabase
Four alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Neon, PlanetScaleTwo alternatives
Azure Database for PostgreSQL, NeonThree alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLThree alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Azure Database for PostgreSQL/MySQL, Google Cloud SQLLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceAzure SQL DatabaseChangedMariaDB, MySQLno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Amazon RDS
Qwen 3.7 FlashAmazon Aurora, NeonAmazon AuroraChangedSupabaseNeonagainst: MySQLAiven for PostgreSQL, DigitalOcean Managed Databasesagainst: Airtable, Amazon Aurora, Notion databases, Oracle Autonomous Database
Three alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, PlanetScaleTwo alternatives
Azure SQL Database, NeonFour alternatives
Aiven for PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS, Neon, PlanetScaleThree alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Railway, Render PostgresFive alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Supabase, Vultr Managed DatabasesKimi K2Amazon RDSSupabaseChangedagainst: Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLNeon, Supabaseagainst: PlanetScaleNeonagainst: Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, PlanetScaleno first choiceagainst: Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure SQL Database, DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Google Cloud SQL, Google Cloud Spanner, Oracle Autonomous Database, Oracle MySQL HeatWave
Four alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Neon, PlanetScaleThree alternatives
Azure Database for PostgreSQL/MySQL, Neon, PlanetScaleFour alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Google Cloud SQLTwo alternatives
Amazon RDS, SupabaseSix alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Google Cloud SQL, PlanetScale, SupabaseGLM 4.7 FlashXAmazon RDSno first choiceChangedSupabaseagainst: Amazon RDS, Azure Database, Google Cloud SQLDigitalOcean Managed Databases, Supabaseagainst: PlanetScale, Tursono first choiceagainst: Amazon RDS, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle
Five alternatives
Azure SQL Database, DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Google Cloud SQL, Neon, SupabaseThree alternatives
DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Neon, PlanetScaleOne alternative
Amazon RDSMiniMax M2.5DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Google Cloud SQLAmazon RDSChangedDigitalOcean Managed Databases, SupabaseDigitalOcean Managed Databases, Supabaseno first choiceagainst: Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL
Two alternatives
Amazon RDS, NeonFive alternatives
Azure SQL Database, DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Google Cloud SQL, Neon, PlanetScaleThree alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, PlanetScaleFour alternatives
Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL, Heroku Postgres, PlanetScaleBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:27 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 2 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:43 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:29 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:31 | yes | 41 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:28 | yes | 10 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:27 | yes | 6 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:47 | yes | 5 | 39 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:38 | yes | 10 | 42 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:50 | yes | 31 | 398 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:45 | yes | 9 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:21 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:21 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:48 | yes | 7 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:39 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:21 | yes | 47 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:27 | yes | 20 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:26 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:24 | yes | 5 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:22 | yes | 15 | 54 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:29 | yes | 10 | 40 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:49 | yes | 9 | 87 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:22 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:27 | yes | 4 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:25 | yes | 18 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:46 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:39 | yes | 51 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:30 | yes | 20 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:34 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:38 | yes | 10 | 53 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:41 | yes | 15 | 63 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:46 | yes | 25 | 121 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:41 | yes | 25 | 79 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:47 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:30 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:30 | yes | 19 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:35 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:32 | yes | 45 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:23 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:32 | yes | 10 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:21 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:27 | yes | 5 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:33 | yes | 15 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:34 | yes | 25 | 43 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:48 | no | 0 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:44 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:37 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 12 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:36 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:38 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:48 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:44 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:43 | yes | 10 | 58 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:24 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 19 | 67 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:40 | no | 0 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:27 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:23 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 9 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:37 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:37 | yes | 42 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:23 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:46 | yes | 19 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:38 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:34 | yes | 15 | 68 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:22 | yes | 15 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:45 | yes | 30 | 68 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:29 | yes | 22 | 76 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
AWS RDS & Aurora read as Amazon RDS
AWS RDS/Aurora read as Amazon RDS
Aiven read as Aiven for PostgreSQL
AlloyDB read as AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
Amazon RDS or Aurora read as Amazon RDS
Amazon RDS/Aurora read as Amazon RDS
Azure SQL read as Azure SQL Database
DigitalOcean read as DigitalOcean Managed Databases
Linode read as Linode Managed Databases
Render read as Render Postgres
Vultr read as Vultr Managed Databases
Unresolved, counted raw
Azure DB
Database Mart
Datavail
Notion databases
Oracle MySQL HeatWave
Oracle RDS / Oracle Autonomous Database
Oracle-managed offerings
Scylla
Self-managed PostgreSQL
Somee.com
Zoho Creator
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.